EP 07: The Ribbon Tool For Apparel in Adobe Substance 3D With Stephy Fung

Learn how to create worn, frayed, and detailed garment edges for digital fashion design using the new Ribbon Path Tool in Adobe Substance 3D Painter — elevating your artwork with realism through one flexible video workflow.

In this tutorial, designer and creator Stephanie Fung teams up with Adobe to test the latest Ribbon Tool features for apparel detailing. You’ll explore how editable ribbon paths let you deform patterns along a surface, customize colors, adjust stroke width, and add realistic wear effects that transform flat digital art into production-ready images.

You’ll work inside one workspace of the Adobe suite, following an end to end workflow from concept to creation — start to finish — making this a true one stop shop workflow for fashion imaging supported by AI-powered creative tools.

Whether you’re designing hoodies, streetwear, or experimental garments, this video will show you:

🧵 How to create apparel details using the Ribbon Path Tool
📐 How to edit and refine paths directly on a 3D surface
✂️ How to add frayed edges, fabric tears, seams, and puckering
🎨 How to customize color, scale, and stroke width for realism
🤖 How designers use an AI-powered suite to speed up creative production
🚀 How to move efficiently from ideation to final images

This concept to creation workflow is perfect for anyone interested in:
digital fashion, garment detailing, surface design, 3D apparel, digital art, and modern fashion production pipelines.

If you’re learning:
✔️ How to create realistic fabric wear in Substance Painter
✔️ How designers add surface detail to fashion artwork
✔️ How AI fits into modern creative workflows
✔️ How to refine fashion design efficiently
— you’re in the right place.

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